Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Vol. 47, No. 41
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Sewer line project underway at Viking School Patricia Harcourt Editor
The sewer construction project is underway and Viking School has had to make some adjustments along the way. School buses normally disembark their passengers in the parking area adjacent to the school entrance. However during the construction the buses have had to line up on the south side of 54 Avenue across from the community hall. Congestion the last week has been more apparent as parents come to pick up their children and other students go out the south door to access their bus to go home. Crosswalk guards are kept busy ensuring everybody’s safety as they navigate the roadways in front of
the school. The road in front of the main entrance was closed as crews started digging from there west down 55 Avenue Phase 1 of the water and sewer infrastructure project is taking place on-site and nearby the Viking School. The first phase affects the intersection of 55 Avenue and 51 Street, which intersects in front of the school. The barriers went up early last week and access to the school became limited from that vantage point. Residents living in that area could have their services affected as water may be disrupted for four hours in estimation. Phase 1 was expected to be completed by Friday of this week (Oct. 11) with work still ongoing this week.
Phase 2 will start at 56 Avenue and Main Street (50 St.) to run an underground sewer line across the school grounds ending at 56 Avenue and 51 Street. The contractor will set up a detour with fencing and barricades, and is slated to start Monday, October 7. Work is set to be completed by Friday, Oct. 18. The area affected in the school grounds will be fenced off with snow fence over the winter and the contractor will seed those grounds in the spring. The work is being done under the Town of Viking’s 5-year plan. CAO Doug Lefsrud updated the work Tuesday, stating: “We are ahead of schedule,” with Phase 1 work in the completion stages. The contractor was busy backfilling
on Tuesday after replacing sewer lines for four residences closest to the school heading west. The street fronting the school is expected to be open in time for the school awards night on Friday. The road is not expected to be paved until next year, but is included in the cost of the entire project which is set at $730,000 for both phase 1 and 2. “The school has been so good about everything,” Lefsrud said, such as changing their bus route and bumping their schedule around to suit the situation outside. Lefsrud said Phase 2 is all about putting in a new sewer line across the school grounds from 50 Street to 51 Street parallel to 56 Avenue. It will tie into the manhole just to the north of the school and the new one Continued on Page 2